. ♪ >>> joining us from washington co congressman chris van hollen from maryland. he can commute from his home to office every day. what's going to happen today? what good is it going to happen today? can anything good happen today? >> yes, something good can happen today. the president is back at the white house, and he's called the congressional leadership in. there's some signs of possible flexibility, but, first of all, it would be helpful if the house of representatives actually came back to work, number one. and number two, it would be good if our republican colleagues would allow the process to work its will. what i mean by that, mike, is simply allow a vote, for example, in the house of representatives on a bill that's already passed the senate to provide tax relief to 100% of american families on their first $250,000 in income. what i think a lot of people don't realize is all we're asking for is an up or down vote. speaker boehner doesn't even have to vote for it. just let the people's housework its will instead of handing over the keys to the most extrem